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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-21
MALLORY, the CIOthier


NASHVILLE, sept 900. The prohi
bitiouisl, seem more hopeful within
me pa-t TWO days. uavug received
Information that the movement 4, ia,t
gaining strength. Tncy are invading
the worst haunts in the citIc, and the
.iUmcdnto ncigh borhood- aud saloons
are Uutrpokcn IN favor of the amend
mcut \ number of preachers. white
and co.orcd, have agreed TO make
addresses ia, such places every night
until the election. Demonstrations
will be held IN the cities this week
aud the real work of the campaign
will he luAugurutcd next Monday.
| Among the ministers who have cnttr.
cd heartily into tho work, is R.v.
Preston lAylor, cOlOrcd, who, accom-
panied by ! band OF colorcd singers
will visit different parts OF Nashville
at night, and HddrC-, himself partic-
ularly TO the negroes, for whose sun
port both sides are laboring. An
extensive street parade has been ar
/angcd by the white workers and
will take place next week. Inc
liquor men are reticeut ~ 10 their
pian, but cH press great confidence ~
to the result.
The action of the National Protect
i've Association in making an ns-e,
mcnt Of $4,000 ON Who,eeale dcalcr5
and distillers tor campaign purposes
in this state has iuaihor aroused the
prohibitiohists Attn largely attend.
ed meeting of ministers, laNmcn and
ladies resolutions dcnourcing the use
OF money in the corruption of voters
and calling upon the friends Of the
proposed amendment to exert them
selves to the utmost at the polls were
adopted. Pastors OF tho local
churches wlll ard the women of the
different precincts, aud it il the i'm
preston that the clergymcn through
out the state will do likewise. Prolu
bition rallies were held in ncarlv
every county last Saturday aud many
thousands OF people were addressed
by prominent men and women. The
prohibitiuni-t woIc also out in
force, one meeting being attended By
1000 persons, 900 of whom were H
dies. Great interest was manifested
and close attention given. The lct
ters recently written by Hon. ,Gcllcr
son Davis nave been very generally
discussed and not been without
effect
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-21
NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS.

We will place sale Tuesday morning 1000 pair Of Not
mglam Lace Curtains THAT ARE A CHANCE PUR.
IASE. The,r have been bought very low and WE offer
hem at about so per cent of their value prices ranging from
3 cents to $3.50 pain.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-21

With these invincible notices inscribed
upon my banners, 1 enter the field Of mercan-
tile strife, already flushed with feelings Of un-
questioned pride, conscious that the people
will sustain me in every move that is eQuita-
BILE to myself and justice to my neighbors.
The opening of my store will be an exposition
in itself The variety and bargains will spread
like wildfre among all.
frequently styles OF goods with bargain prices
opposite thereto. which will distance all pre-
suming competition. Come yourself and in
duoe your friends and neighbors to come to
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-21
A Minnesotian's Good Deed.

Special TO the Globe.
WAsHINGToN,N Nov. 20.-Capt. Stephen
C. Miller, son of ex-GOv. Miller, of Min
nesota, has recently done an act char
acteristic of his nature and impulses.
stock dismissed from the Office of sur
geon general for physical incompetency
last July. His health was poor, and he
became INDECENT because of his inability
TO work. Last week he died, leaving
widow and three orphans. Capt. Miller
then accomplished what probably no
other employe of the department could
have done. He raised $50 by soliciting
contributions from the former fellow
clerks of Fahnestock, and gave the
amount to the widow. 1t was suf-
ficient to pay for the removal
of the remains and the transporta-
ton of the widow and children to their
former home in Tunkhannock. Penn.
Capt. Miller is a popular official, and one
of the accomplished gentlemen who do
credit to the state here in official life.
During the Sioux outbreak in 1868, his
father, the governor, was equal to the
emergency, ana young Steve" took a
part i'm the war against the Savages, as
he did also later on In the war for the
preservation of the Union. During his
incumbency of an Office i'll the war de
partment he has been twice graduated
in medicine, as also in microscopy and
chemistry. He is regarded by DIR. Sow
ers and others in the profession as one
of the best informed men i'll this city.
He expects to return to Minnesota next
spring and commence the practice Of his
profession.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-21
"The Contribution Box"

To the Editor of the Globe.
l read in your paper to-day the article
upon the Contribution Box" and |
wish to say, with all due respect to all
men, that the article in question is, in
my Judgment, the worst attempt on the
part of any protesting Christian to col
lect money for church purposes that L
ever saw in print. There are many
thousand poor people who are real
Christians at heart, but are not able to
contribute at all times; but not one of
them would ever enter the house of God
if they are led to believe that some one
watching is to publish them in the daily
papers as ''SneakS," provided they do
not give their mite. The writer of the
article upon the Contribution Box" has
many a lesson yet to learn himself be-
fore he will have that spirit that is
pleasing to his Maker. He must realize
that the last and final question with him
will not be ''DO you know whether your
brother in church contributed nails or
gum or buttons and 'unraveled' him.
self in doing it?" but it will be. Have
you yourself that spirit that is accepta-
BILE to God, and are you living a consist
ent Christian life?" Let any worldly
man go into church to-day, or into the
prayer meeting tonight to hear of the
love of Christ as taught by Christian
people, and what would be his impress
sion of the refining influences of Chris
tianity to listen to such an eXOrdium as
the piece you print upon the 'COntrlbu-
ton Box" of to-day? A. j. K.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-21
AN ADMIRABLE RECORD.

If Postmaster General Villas brings
about as great an improvement in the
interior department. in the event that
he should be transferred there, as he has
in the postoffice department, the cOun-
try can reconcile itself to losing a good
man from place where good man IS
much needed. Since he has been at the
head of the department the service has
practically become self-supporting, not
withstanding the reduction i'll postage.
Two years ago the close of the fiscal
year showed a deficiency of nearly
81 ,000. 900, last year the shortage was
$1,000, 900 and this year it will be about
81 200, 900, with the prospect of there be-
ing no deficiency at all a year hence.
Even with this deficiency the service is
self-supporting, from the fact that the
government business done free through
the mails costs the department over
s., 100000. The result has been accom-
plished by bringing practical business
methods, backed by Western energy, to
bear in the department.
There was room for reform, and Col.
Villas saw it. He did not regard the
pOstoff1ce department as a refuge for
Office seekers, but as business enter
prise which should be operated Oh the
same principle as a private undertake
ing. Looking at it in that light the EN-
plOyes were compelled to give fair re-
turn for their salaries, the efficiency of
the entire force was increased, expenses
were diminished, and as natural cOnse-
ouence the annual deficiency grew
smaller and smaller. Col. Villas record
is one that no officer of the government
has eXcelled. and it well entities him TO
any promotion that may be given him.
AS typical Western man the West is
proud of him, and it is also confident
that an infusion of Western energy in
some of the other departments of the
government would be productive of
better results than are now achieved.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-21
large and enthusiastic majority Of the
house of representatives. He is making
friends hourly,
A Flood of Wisconsin Business

A Flood of Wisconsin Business.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-''Look at
that pile of cases. said Mr.. Blivins, of
Missouri, the clerk in charge Of Mime
sofa and Wisconsin appointments in the
poStOffice department, and he pointed to
large basket full of cases ready for
action. ''Those are Wisconsin cases
which are awaiting the action of the
postmaster general. There are not less
than 200 of them, and each one is of
consequence. They have been accumu-
lating during the past few months,
while the postmaster general was away
fir ON the city. That basket is full of
work. You see Villas looks out for the
appointments in his own state. The
first assistant postmaster general makes
appointments in all other states for
fOurth-class offices, but he makes none
for Wisconsin. Consequently while the
postmaster general was absent from the
city the Wisconsin work has accumu-
lated. How long will it take
him to dispose of those cases?
AS soon as the annual report of the post
master general is completed, revised
and printed. then it is to be presumed
that Col. Villas will consider and settle
these cases. Every mail brings new
letters asking for information concern
ing the status of each case, and the rea-
SON for the delay. That will all be over
in few days. If it is true that Col.
Villas is going to leave us and go to the
interior department, | presume that he
will attend to these cases before he
goes. There can be no doubt that he
will y
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-21
ANOTHER ONE.

1t does seem that if the managers of
transportation lines, both by land and
water, made business of devising
plans by which the greatest number of
people could be killed in cases of acct
dent they would not make better sue
cess of it than they do by their criminal
careleSSneSS in failing to provide against
accidents. In addition to the many sOr-
rOwful illustrations that we have had of
this within the last year or so, here
comes the story this morning of the 100
souls who went down on the steamer
W. A. Scholten ON the English coast
yesterday because the life boats were
not in SeawOrthy condition, and the
passengers had no means of escape. 1t
is a parallel case with wrecked
train being fired by the eXplO-
sion of a coal oil lamp and the
passengers being roasted to death be-
cause there has been no provision made
by the railway managers to put fire
out in case of accident. Here was a
vessel that had been travelling the high
seas for years and carrying human
freight all the time. There were five
boats hung up against the wall of the
steamer. Passengers who came aboard
saw the boats there and congratulated
themselves that in case of an accident at
sea the means for escape were at hand.
But when the accident did occur and
the boats we're taken down three out of
the five were unfit for use. The rest is
told in the horrible details of our cable
dispatches which cell of the sinking of
the steamer. How long, oh, how long,
will this criminal careleSsneSs continue
TO laSt2
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-21
He Likes the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-George P.
Flannery, of Minneapolis, and formerly
of Bismarck, is still here and seems to
be enjoying himself. Gov. Ordway says
of him: ''Flannery is one of the finest
lawyers in the Northwest and genial,
gentlemanly fellow. Every one likes
him." That characteristic remains with
him, seemingly. wherever he goes. In
conversation this afternoon Mr.. Flan-
merry said: Il like the GLOBE and am
especially pleased with it because of its
Dakota news. am not Democrat by
any means, but like paper if it is
Democratic, when it gives me all the
news. The GLOBE does that. and it is
the paper l like. OF course L have left
Dakota and am now a MinneapOlitan,
but | am interested in Dakota and her
affairs. The GLOBE publishes special
news from Dakota which | cannot get
anywhere else. and hence l buy it al
ways" Mr.. Flannery visits the GLOBE
bureau every afternoon. Immediately
after the Western mail arrives, and
unites with Congressman Macdonald in
reading all the news and smoking all
the GLOBE cigars.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-21
Sparks Employees Liked Him.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-"During the
entire tine of his possession OF the
office of commissioner Gen. Sparks
never said an unkind word to me-" said
one of the subOrdinates of the general
land Office to-day. ''He was Indifferent
to congressman, senators and others,
who came after offices for their friends.
He was probably indignant and insult
ing to corporations and their attorneys,
but he was always kind and considerable
Of his employees. In 'S5,when the clerks
in the poStOffice department were
worked all day and part of the night in
midsummer, Gen. Sparks was as much
crowded with work as was the first as
SiStant postmaster general. He was told
that right across the street the clerks
were being obliged to do double
duty in order to keep up with the work.
and advised to make his clerks come
back to work at night. He promptly
replied that congress had decided that
his clerical force should be small and
inadequate to perform the work and
keep it up; but the clerks ought not to
be made to suffer on account of the neg
ligence and Indifference of congress. Ii
the work could not be kept UP with rea-
s0nable diligence it would have to run
behind until congress gave proper aid by
increasing the force. The result was
every emplOye of this Office loved him,
and worked with greater diligence than
ever. There may be people outside of
the department who have complaints to
make against Gen. Sparks, and they may
have cause, but none of his employees
can honestly complain of him."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-21
INDIAN TIMBER LANDS.

1t is to be hoped that the Minnesota
members of congress will urge to sue
ceSsful conclusion a bill embodying the
request of the settlers in the Red river
valley that part of the Red Lake Indian
reservation be sold, including the timber
which covers it. Timber is an absolute
necessity to the settlers, and from the
reservation alone can it be procured in
adequate quantities.
The reservation is, in any event, larger
than the actual needs of the Indians
warrant: and the timber, as it stands,
is practically useless to them. By its
sale a comfortable sum would be real
lied, large enough indeed to support
every Indian on the reserve in comfort.
Purchasers stand ready to take at a fair
valuation as much of the timber as the
government will permit the Indians to
dispose of, and the settlers are unani-
nous in favor of such method OF pro-
Viding for their wants.
The demolition CT Minnesota forests
is going on at such a rate that in the
near future the reserve supply owned
by the Indians will alone be left to be
drawn upon. With the Red river val
ley settlers that emergency has already
risen. 1t is, therefore, just as well that
the government should now take steps
toward enabling the timber on the res
eryatiOns to be utilized.
Authority should be granted the In
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-21
Turn on the Steam,

Granite Falls Tribune.
st. Paul is specializing whether or no
to abandon their ice carnival this win
ter. Why, gentlemen, we thought your
organization an institution perpetual.
or nearly so for the term of
twenty years. Never look over the
shoulder when following the pillow,
but go right ahead and make the coming
winter sports even more attractive than
have been their predecessors. If fact
that perhaps there may be no money in
these carnivalS, there is any amount of
enjoyment, which is ample reason for
their maintenance; for how could city
that has enjoyed the distinction of being
the most enterpriSing in the land pass
a cherries winter without something to
break the mOnOtony and bring the cOun-
try folks in to.see the sights and spend
their dollars? No, turn OH the steam
and build such palace that the world
will be aStOniShed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-21
The National Conventions.

Sneeial to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-There is no
little speculation concerning the prob
able action of the Republican national
committee. which is to meet here next
month. With proper effort either Min
neapolis or st. Paul might secure the
convention. Time and money could not
be better invested than by making an
effort to capture both national conven-
tons. The advertisement of the city to
the whole world. the amount of money
which will be expended during the SEES
sion of the great president makers, all
things would cOnspire to make the as
sembling of the conventions in either of
the twins advantageous and profitable.
Yet there seem to be but little thought
of the matter. The anti-Blaine mem
beers of the committee are prejudiced
against Chicago. Some other city is likely
to step in as dark horse and secure the
prize. California bids for the cOnven-
lions. The cities and state will pay
transportation for members, and guar
antee accommod atoms at merely DOmi-
nal ra- eS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-21
Lake City Purifying Itself.

Special to the GLOBE.
LAKE CITY, Nov. 2O.-When the case
of the city against five of Lake City's
young men was called for trial at 8
o'clock yesterday it was withdrawn, as
no evidence could be secured. A war
rant was issued some time ago, and two
of Lake City's prominent young men
were arrested for providing around on
the tops of the buildings at unseemly
hours of the night. The 10th inst. they
were arraigned, and the trial set for
Monday, Nov. 81. The two night watch
men afterward withdrew the case. In
consequence of so much disorder and
vandafism-it is alleged, by the conniv-
ance of the night watchman-the coun-
ell held a special meeting last night,
and summarily dismissed the watchmen
for compromising crime and incOmpe-
teney. George Brown and Mr.. label
were appointed night watchmen. The
action OF the council was unanimous,
and all goodly-diSposed citizens hope
for relief from the reign of disorder
and vandalism which has fiOurished SO
successfully under the very eyes of the
two incompetent night watchmen dur
ing the past few months.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-21
Trying to Get Back.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-The eX-clerks
from ADMINISTRATIVE fellows who have
been turned out of office in the interest
of reform-are forming Republican as
sOclation in this city. They intend to
band together and join the other "0uts"
in making war upon the administration.
They will hold regular meetings weekly,
discuss political problems, raise funds,
select. distribute and mail campaign
documents to such parts of Minnesota as
they believe will do the most good for
the Republican tickets. 1t is expected
that the two surviving Republican
members of congress will be assessed"
for the purposes indicated and frank
public documents for the offensive
partisans in order to aid them in their
political chicanery. Under the old
regime the small fry were assessed"
for campaign purposes. Under exist
ing circumstances the reverse obtains.
Now the congressman and others high
in station are assessed" for all they are
worth in the holy name of reform. 1t is
WELL The fellows who get the best
slices of pap ought to put up the where
Withal.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-21
SPORT DEGENERATED.

There was time, not far gone either,
when the game of base ball, rightly
called the national sport, was almost en-
tirely free from every Objectionable
feature. But the sport, has sadly degen-
Grated. And in the Northwest, where it
has always been extremely popular, its
decadence, though perhaps not so
marked as in other sections, is very
evident.
1t has become so thoroughly profess
SiOnal that club is no longer repre-
sentative of the city from which it may
take its name, but of its managers peck
etbook. Instead of being the fair and
honest game it once was, it Is now in
many instances so permeated with jock
eyiSm that true lover of the game can
only view it with disgust, and he who is
not intimately acquainted with the null
titudinous rules by which it is hemmed
about might as well stay away.
There is now the Association of Man
agersr and the brotherhood Of Ball
Players" the amateur club is almost
unknown and professionalism is ram.
pant No longer game for sport, it is
a game for revenue only. Players are
sold from one club to another like Sc
many cattle, and ball playing has be
come simply business enterprise. But
it is noble game for all that, and it is
quite possible to prune away some Of
the disagreeable eXcrescences.
Let it be put on more honest and
sportsmanlike basis when the season
again opens, and it will meet with it;
old-time popularity. If that can't be
accomplished it would be better to allow
the game to lie fallOw for a while. oil
revive in its place football, for instance
which, at least. in its rugged manlineS;
would command respect.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-21
Civil Service Rules.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-Ihe civil SER
vice commission has made a new rule
in regard to applications for eXamina-
tons for the department service at
Washington. The questions embraced
in the application are designed to elicit
more information in regard to the hab-
its, character. etc, of the applicant than
the present circular. An applicant
must have his application Endorsed by
two or more persons from his own state.
The present form allows the application
TO be Endorsed by any one of the ap-
plieant's acquaintance, whether from
his own state OF not. A number of
other amendments differing from the
present form are also made, all tending
to prevent the commission from being
imposed upon by unsuitable applicants
as frequently happens nowadays.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-21

land. the other day, Sir SPENCER
WELLS stated that through improved
sanitation the death rate in England
during the last century had been re-
duced from twenty nine In 1,0O0to nine
teen, and the average duration of life
advanced from thirty years to forty
nine. The eminent physician fur
thermore stated that if crema-
ton were generally introduced the
death rate could be still fur
Their reduced to fifteen. 1t will take
England several centuries of improved
sanitation to catch up with st. Paul on
mortality statistics. We are down to
eleven now OH the death rate, and no
crematories, either. And as for the
average duration of life in st. Paul.
there is no limit to it. A person can
live here just about as long as ne has a
mind to-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-21
HALF.LOEES.

Could love her as ought,
Revere nee my love and hers.
Build up hopes both high and deep,
Without self or caution fraught
Or distrust that all deters,
should ask her ere / sleep.
But the shallow. selfish fears.
The half-grown distrust feel;
The unfaith. so slight yet sure,
In our love, and in the years
Which bind all things past appeal,
Blindly warn twill not endure.
Could passion sweep my soul
And usurp thy sweet regard
Which hold in tender trust
Danish half-loves for the whole
would plunge though hope were barred,
And brain persisted in the gust.
But the love that wipes away
Self, the world earth, sea and sky,
Comes no more as once it came;
Little loves that stand day
in the sun, then sink and die,
Come and go where once lived fame.
M. 2. Pendleton.